As an International Federation, FIB primary focus for testing are today’s and tomorrow’s top-level athletes. However, any athlete who participate in activities organized, convened, or authorized by FIB – or any National Federation or affiliate organization (clubs etc) – may be tested.
International-Level Athletes
Includes all athletes in FIB’s Testing Pool 1, 2 and 3.
To maximize deterrence and detection, FIB’s testing program is based on risk assessment. Briefly, doping control planning is about testing the right athlete at the right time, using the right analysis methods to optimize deterrence and detection. To find athletes for testing for no advance notice testing, FIB is depending on accurate whereabouts information.
For this purpose, athletes are divided into different groups -Testing Pools – based on their competing level. FIB has established three separate pools with specific whereabouts rules for each pool.
FIB Testing Pool 1 (Registered Testing Pool)
The pool includes:
- International-level athlete who is serving a period of at least 48 months ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation.
FIB Testing Pool 2 (Testing Pool)
The pool includes:
- International-level athlete who is serving a period of at least 24 months ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation.
- Athletes included in FIB’s Testing Pool 3, for which the relevant National Federation has repeatedly failed to deliver required whereabouts information.
FIB Testing Pool 3 (other Pool)
The pool includes:
National team players…
- …which competed in World Championship (men’s A-group) 2019 or 2023 and are likely to compete also in 2024.
- …which competed in World Championship (women’s A-group) 2020, 2022 or 2023 and are likely to compete also in 2024.
Whereabouts rules
Athletes covered by the pools above will receive detailed information about the whereabout reporting requirements directly from FIB or from his/her National Federation. Athletes will also be informed when they are no longer included in a Pool.